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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ere \Ere\, v. t.
     To plow. [Obs.] See {Ear}, v. t. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ere \Ere\ (?; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. ?r, prep., adv., & conj.;
     akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. ?r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel.
     [=a]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.]
     1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]
  
              Myself was stirring ere the break of day. --Shak.
  
              Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              Sir, come down ere my child die.      --John iv. 49.
  
     2. Rather than.
  
              I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave
              her.                                  --Shak.
  
     {Ere long}, before, shortly. --Shak.
  
     {Ere now}, formerly, heretofore. --Shak.
  
     {Ere that}, & {Or are}. Same as {Ere}. --Shak.

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